Early in January of 1926, Tacoma voters were flooding into the Registrar's office on the third floor of City Hall to qualify to vote in the upcoming city primary and general elections. The throng included three new voters, pictured center of the counter. The trio was composed of Ingeborg Ekberg, Alice Raymond and Vera Landers, all students at the College of Puget Sound and all having just turned 21. According to city clerk Genevieve Martin almost 9,000 voters had registered in the first five days for the elections, which included another run for the Mayor's office by four time incumbent Angelo Vance Fawcett. TPL-3209 (TNT 1/11/1926, pg. 17- cropped picture, TNT 1/9/26, pg. 14-article on registration)

ca. 1927. Portico on Legislative Building. This is believed to be at the south entrance. Most of the ornamental carvings on stonework was done after the stone was in place. The columns were positioned first in a raw state prior to stone carvers shaping them into elaborate designs. Stone carving was such a specialized profession that crews were assembled drawn from all parts of the nation, including many Scotsmen. A combination of hand tools and sandblasting equipment was used by the craftsmen who had to carve the capitals from high scaffolding. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Washington Governor Roland H. Hartley (center with white handkerchief and watch chain) and Lt. Governor W. Lon Johnson (far right) are on the rostrum in legislative chambers on March 7, 1927. Their spouses are believed to be standing next to them. The third couple on the far left was not identified. Roland Hartley was elected governor twice, serving from 1924-32. Lon Johnson, a former state senator, served a single term as Lt. Gov. and later became a Superior Court Judge. Both men were Republicans. G74.1-193

Hartley, Roland H.; Governors; Johnson, W. Lon; Government officials--Washington;

On February 8, 1928, Mayor M.G. Tennent was photographed aboard the "City of Tacoma" airplane. He is wearing protective headgear and goggles. The "City of Tacoma" had been the local entry in the New York-Spokane aerial derby which occurred in September of 1927. TPL-8080; G12.1-025

Tennent, Melvin Green; Mayors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Airplanes--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Wendell Willkie at podium, delivering speech to the American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 in Tacoma on February 11, 1944. The former Republican nominee for President was in town for the Pierce County Republican Club's Lincoln Day dinner where he was the principal speaker and also visited the American Legion post.

Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Guests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public speaking--Tacoma--1940-1950; Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1940-1950; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma);

Washington Governor Roland H. Hartley stands at the entrance to Olympia's Insurance Building watching as uniformed Afifi Shriners offer a salute on January 24, 1925. Governor Hartley is the shorter man on the right. The blurred figure next to him is Afifi Temple Potentate Scott Z. Henderson. The Shriners were in town to pick up Governor Hartley and his staff and accompany them to Vancouver, Washington, for Shriner initiation ceremonies and then travel onward to Portland to view the Crippled Children's Hospital. Although a Saturday, the governor was hard at work in his executive office when the Afifi Temple Shriners arrived. G23.1-075B (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 1-25-25, p. 1, 4A-article)

Hartley, Roland H.; Governors; Henderson, Scott Z.; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Saluting--Olympia; Insurance Building (Olympia);

On January 24, 1925, Governor Roland H. Hartley was photographed overseeing two rows of uniformed Afifi Shriners. He is pictured on a first floor balcony of the Insurance Building along with two Potentates. Governor Hartley is on the right and Afifi Temple Potentate Scott Z. Henderson is at the extreme left. The other man was not identified. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 1-25-25, p. 1, 4A-article)

Hartley, Roland H.; Governors; Henderson, Scott Z.; Fraternal organizations; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Insurance Building (Olympia);

On August 13, 1924, Mayor A.V. Fawcett was pictured shaking hands with the driver of a Ford touring car who was promoting traveling on the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco. The Lincoln Highway was America's first transcontinental highway created with the car in mind. The era of dirt roads was to end, superceded by concrete roads that made traveling easier and encouraged purchase of automobiles. This car, piloted by race driver Frank Kulich, was the 10,000,000th Ford car to roll off the assembly line. The number 10,000,000 is stamped on its engine. It arrived in Tacoma at 2:30 pm and headed a procession of some 100 Fords to end at City Hall. After an overnight stopover, the 10,000,000th Ford left en route to Seattle. TPL-157; G11.1-053 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 8-10-24, 10-G-article; TDL 8-14-24, p. 3-article)

Fawcett, Angelo Vance; Mayors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Ford automobile; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

ca. 1950. Val Fawcett, Tacoma mayor from 1946-50 and acting mayor during Harry P. Cain's military service in the mid-forties, is pictured with friends circa 1950. They may be at a sporting event, possibly a baseball game. Mr. Fawcett is seated second from the left; next to him is believed to be Howard R. Smith who was the Tacoma Athletic Commission president for several years. Frank Gillihan, school board member and active Tacoma Athletic Commission member, is seated at the far right. ALBUM 16

Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gillihan, Frank J.;

Mayor Ben Hanson gestures as his visitor, L. Shukin of Turkey, watches on the grass outside the County-City Building, 930 Tacoma Avenue South, on July 10, 1961. The mayor may have been pointing toward the old Central School building further up the street. TRUEBLOOD 524

Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hanson, Ben; Shukin, L.; Foreign visitors--Turkey;

On April 5, 1963, Mayor Harold Tollefson accepted a small ceramic statue from German exchange student Ulrich Bliesener of Dusseldorf. Ulrich was representing Mayor Peter Muller of that city. The statuette is a rendition of Prince Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz who had transformed Dusseldorf from a village to a city hundreds of years ago. Ulrich Bliesener was a student at Stadium High School. (TNT 4-9-63, p. 3- article & alternate photograph) TRUEBLOOD 848

Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Bliesener, Ulrich; International students--German; Figurines;

Mayor Ben Hanson met with four representatives of the Trade Fair on May 19, 1961. The women are wearing the costumes of their native lands, including Japan, the Philippines, and Europe. World Trade Week would be celebrated May 21-27th in 1961. TRUEBLOOD 482A

Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hanson, Ben; Guests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Costumes;

ca. 1961. A visiting Miss California places a large sombrero on Mayor Ben Hanson's head in this circa 1961 photograph. The beauty queen is wearing her jeweled tiara, suit and black leather gloves. TRUEBLOOD 595

Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hanson, Ben; Guests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beauty contestants--California; Sombreros; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Mayor Gordon Johnston and visiting U.S. Senators were photographed on April 2, 1970. Two men are holding keys to the City of Tacoma. TRUEBLOOD 1932

Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Johnston, Gordon N.; Legislators--United States;

Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (at center) traveled to Tacoma in February of 1964 to help launch the start of Tacoma's Center Street urban renewal project. Governor Albert D. Rosellini stands immediately to his right. Tacoma Mayor Harold M. Tollefson is seen at far left. "Scoop" Jackson played a major role in national politics from his election to Congress in 1940 until his death in 1983. ALBUM 16. (Also G67.1-152)

Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; Legislators--Washington--1960-1970; Rosellini, Albert D.; Governors; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Urban renewal;